French football coach of the year

The French football coach of the year ("Entraîneur français de l'année") has been chosen every calendar year since 1971 by the specialist magazine France Football . Aimé Jacquet , Jean-Claude Suaudeau , Guy Roux , Rudi Garcia and Didier Deschamps have each won this award three times, which is the most frequently.

Nowadays, all trainers with French nationality are eligible, regardless of where they are employed. Since 2008, the selection has not been made by the editors of France Football , but by a jury made up of all former, still living award winners (see below) and the editor-in-chief of the magazine. Also at this point in time, the jurors received from the editors a list of candidates comprising 15 names from which they had to make their choice. They award five (since 2016: six) points for their favorite, four for what they think is the second, three for the third, two for the fourth and one for the fifth best coach.

Previous French coach of the year

2019: Christophe Galtier 2018: Didier Deschamps (a) 2017: Zinédine Zidane (a) 2016: Zinédine Zidane 2015: Laurent Blanc (a) 2014: Rudi Garcia 2013: Rudi Garcia 2012: René Girard 2011: Rudi Garcia 2010: Didier Deschamps 2009: Laurent Blanc 2008: Arsène Wenger 2007: Pablo Correa 2006: Pablo Correa 2005: Claude Puel 2004: Paul Le Guen 2003: Didier Deschamps

2002: Jacques Santini 2001: Vahid Halilhodžić 2000: Alex Dupont 1999: Élie Baup 1998: Aimé Jacquet 1997: Jean Tigana (a) 1996: Guy Roux 1995: Francis Smerecki 1994: Jean-Claude Suaudeau 1993: Luis Fernández (a) (b) 1992: Jean-Claude Suaudeau 1991: Daniel Jeandupeux 1990: Henryk Kasperczak 1989: Gérard Gili 1988: Guy Roux 1987: Jean Fernandez 1986: Guy Roux

1985: Jean-Claude Suaudeau 1984: Aimé Jacquet 1983: Michel Le Milinaire 1982: Michel Hidalgo 1981: Aimé Jacquet 1980: René Hauss (c) and Jean Vincent (c) 1979: Michel Le Milinaire 1978: Gilbert Gress 1977: Pierre Cahuzac (c) 1976: Robert Herbin (b) (c) 1975: Georges Huart (c) 1974: Pierre Cahuzac 1973: Robert Herbin 1972: Jean Snella (c) 1971: Kader Firoud (c) and Jean Prouff (c) 1970: Albert Batteux (c) and Mario Zatelli (c)

^(a)This coach had also been voted French Footballer of the Year during his playing career .

^(b)This coach had also been voted the season best French footballer during his playing career .

^(c) is not alive anymore

France Football's 50 best Ligue 1 coaches

In the summer of 2013, the editors of France Football compiled a list of the 50 best coaches in the top French men's league from 1932 to 2013 . All information in the following table ends when this list appears.

Explanations

• "Active from ... to": period of head coach activity in professional French club football ("time outs" / international activities and work at amateur clubs can be included in this range)
• "Most important D1 clubs": only those clubs named by France Football in the respective laudatory speech
• "Championship title" and "Cup title": only the titles won in France's league or national cup
• "Other":
  • EC1 = European Champion's Cup (1955–1992), EC2 = European Cup Winners' Cup , EC3 = Exhibition / UEFA Cup , CL = UEFA Champions League (from 1992),
    EL = UEFA Europa League (from 2009), Lat = Coupe Latine
  • TdJ = French trainer of the year
  • most / second most first division games: as head coach
  • National coach - only for the French team (from 1950)
  • Titles and awards earned after 2014 are not shown in the table below.

rank	Trainer (life data)	active from ... to	most important D1 clubs	Master's title	Cup title	Other
01.	Albert Batteux (1919-2003)	1950-1981	Stade Reims , AS Saint-Etienne	8th	3	EC1 finalist 1956, 1959; Lat winner 1953; TdJ 1970; National coach
02.	José Arribas (1921–1989)	1960-1983	FC Nantes	3	0	National coach
03.	Jean-Claude Suaudeau (* 1938)	1982-1997	FC Nantes	2	0	TdJ 1985, 1992, 1994
04th	Robert Herbin (1939-2020)	1972-1998	AS Saint-Etienne	4th	3	1976 EC1 finalist; TdJ 1973, 1976
05.	Jean Snella (1914-1979)	1950-1979	AS Saint-Etienne	3	0	TdJ 1972; National coach
06th	Aimé Jacquet (born 1941)	1976-1992	Girondins Bordeaux	3	2	TdJ 1981, 1984, 1998; National coach
07th	Guy Roux (* 1938)	1974-2007	AJ Auxerre	1	4th	TdJ 1986, 1988, 1996; most top division games (895)
08th.	Gérard Houllier (* 1947)	1976-2007	Paris Saint-Germain , Olympique Lyon	3	0
09.	Didier Deschamps (* 1968)	2001–2012	AS Monaco , Olympique Marseille	1	0	CL finalist 2004; TdJ 2003, 2010; National coach
10.	Lucien Leduc (1918-2004)	1958-1984	AS Monaco , Olympique Marseille	4th	2
11.	Arsène Wenger (* 1949)	1984-1994	AS Monaco	1	1	1992 EC2 finalist; TdJ 2008
12.	Raynald Denoueix (* 1948)	1997-2001	FC Nantes	1	2
13.	Gérard Banide (* 1936)	1979-1995	AS Monaco , Olympique Marseille	1	1
14th	Raymond Goethals (1921-2004)	1979-1993	Olympique Marseille	2 (d)	0	CL winner 1993
15th	Pierre Pibarot (1916-1981)	1945–1968	Racing Paris	0	0	National coach
16.	Mario Zatelli (1912-2004)	1951-1973	Olympique Marseille	1	3	TdJ 1970
17th	Gilbert Gress (* 1941)	1977-2009	Racing Strasbourg	1	0	TdJ 1978
18th	Artur Jorge (* 1946)	1987-1994	Paris Saint-Germain	1	1
19th	Paul Le Guen (born 1964)	1998-2009	Olympique Lyon	3	0	TdJ 2004
20th	André Cheuva (1908-1989)	1946-1966	Lille OSC	1	4th
21st	Jean Prouff (1919-2008)	1964-1972	Rennes stadium	0	2	TdJ 1971
22nd	Rudi Garcia (* 1964)	2001-2013	Lille OSC	1	1	TdJ 2011, 2013
23.	Claude Puel (* 1961)	since 1999	AS Monaco , Olympique Lyon	1	0	TdJ 2005
24.	Christian Gourcuff (* 1955)	since 1992	FC Lorient	0	0
25th	Luis Fernández (* 1959)	1992-2009	Paris Saint-Germain	0	1	EC2 winner 1996; TdJ 1993
26th	Jean Tigana (* 1955)	1993-2011	AS Monaco , Olympique Lyon	1	0	TdJ 1997
27.	Squad Firoud (1919-2005)	1955-1982	Olympique Nîmes	0	0	TdJ 1971; second most first division games (782)
28.	René Girard (* 1954)	since 1992	HSC Montpellier	1	0	TdJ 2012
29	Jean Vincent (1930-2013)	1964-1984	FC Nantes	2	1	TdJ 1980
30th	Vahid Halilhodžić (* 1952)	1993-2005	Paris Saint-Germain	0	1	TdJ 2001
31.	Jacques Santini (born 1952)	1985-2006	Olympique Lyon	1	0	TdJ 2002, national coach
32.	Gérard Gili (* 1952)	1988-2004	Olympique Marseille	2	1	TdJ 1989
33.	Lucien Jasseron (1913–1999)	1957-1968	Olympique Lyon , Le Havre AC	0	2
34.	Robert Domergue (* 1921)	1953-1984	US Valenciennes-Anzin	0	0
35.	Élie Baup (* 1955)	since 1994	Girondins Bordeaux	1	0	TdJ 1999
36.	Louis Dugauguez (1918–1991)	1953-1973	UA Sedan-Torcy	0	2	National coach
37.	Georges Peyroche (* 1937)	1973-1991	Paris Saint-Germain	0	2
38.	Numa Andoire (1908-1994)	1951-1964	OGC Nice	2	1
39.	Jules Bigot (1915-2007)	1950-1966	Le Havre AC , Toulouse FC	0	1
40.	Carlo Ancelotti (* 1959)	2012-2013	Paris Saint-Germain	1	0
41.	Sid Kimpton (1887–1968)	1935-1946	Racing Paris	1 (e)	2
42.	Guy Lacombe (born 1955)	1995-2011	FC Sochaux , Paris Saint-Germain	0	1
43.	Alain Perrin (* 1956)	1996-2009	FC Sochaux Olympique Lyon	1	2
44.	Daniel Leclercq (* 1949)	1986-2005	Racing Lens	1	0
45.	Pierre Flamion (1924-2004)	1957-1993	Limoges FC , Reims Stade	0	0
46.	Michel Le Milinaire (* 1931)	1976-1996	Stade Laval	0	0	TdJ 1979, 1983
47.	Pierre Cahuzac (1927-2003)	1971-1985	SEC Bastia	0	0	1978 EC3 finalist; TdJ 1974, 1977
48.	George Berry (1904–1972)	1932-1955	Lille OSC , Nice OGC	1	2
49.	Luis Carniglia (1917-2001)	1955-1957, 1978/79	OGC Nice	1	0
50.	Laurent Blanc (* 1965)	since 2007	Girondins Bordeaux	1	0	TdJ 2009; National coach

^(d)A third championship title ( 1992/93 ) was subsequently revoked from Marseille.

^(e)In addition, an unofficial championship title ( 1944/45 with FC Rouen ).

Remarks

1. ↑ France Football, December 16, 2008, pp. 12-15.
2. ^ "Ligue 1 - les 50 meilleurs entraîneurs de l'histoire" , France Football No. 3508 of July 2, 2013, pp. 32-38